Comb.



D. W. HIVELY.

GOMB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25, 1912.

- Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

lllllll il DAVID W. HIVELY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

remate.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID W. HIVELY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs, of which the following is a full, true, and eX- act specification.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a comb of ample strength and durability in its rib or tooth holding member to elfectually hold in place a large mass of hair and at the same time of such slender proportions that the rib or other such membei' is substantially invisible when the comb is in place in the hair. rlhis combination of strength and substantial invisibility is obviously desirable; but when it is desired to trender the comb conspicuous the same may be accomplished by aliixing thereto any one of a variety of ornamental tops, and the novel means which l provide for removably securing such ornaments to the comb constitutes an important feature of the invention.

The invention will be fully described in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings,-in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the comb in its inconspicuous form. Fig. 2, an edgewise top view. Fig. 3, an enlarged cross sectional view upon the line xof Fig. 1. Fig. 4t, a side elevation of a fragment of the comb with the ornamental top secured there to. Fig. 5, an enlarged fragmentary sectional view upon the line i/-y of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is the cross sectional view upon the lines z-z of Fig. 4.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 1 designates the rib which is composed of thin sheet met-al and folded over as best seen in Fig. 3, and into the fold of which enter the tops of the teeth 2, which may be in the U-shape, as shown, or straight, and the spaces between which are depressed, as at 3, so as to rmly bind the teeth to the rib, as will be understood. The rib 1 may be of any kconvenient shape, but it is preferred to form the same into an arc, as shown in Fig. 2. At intervals along the teeth 2 occur the flats 4 which project beyond t-he plane of the teeth and 'form shoulders at 5, which prevent dis- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25, 1912.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Serial No. 685,918.

placement of the comb when once in place in the hair.

G is an ornamental top, suitably secured to which, as by the rivets 7, is the member 8 which is folded back upon itself, as shown in Fig. 5, and the space between the lower edges 9 of which is lessthan the thickest portion of the rib 1 and the space between its sides 9 slightly greater than the thickest portion of the rib, so that the rib will snugly but slidably it between the sides 9a, and the lower edges 9 hug the lower edges of the rib 1, as plainly shown in Fig. 5. The ornamental. top portions G, of course, may be of various fanciful designs, and any one of which may be removably secured to the rib 1 by sliding the latter between the sides 9a, as above described. rl`he ornamental portion G is held to the rib 1 by means of the indentations 10 in the sides 9a of the member 8, which snap into the corresponding recesses 3 in the rib 1. The metal of which the member 8 is formed is of light gage and therefore has some inherent spring.

`While l have sho-wn a particular form of embodiment of my invention, l am aware that many changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others, without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, and l do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the exact form described and shown.

ldlhatl claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A hair comb comprising in combination a sheet metal rib folded to form a channel, the sides of which are depressed at intervals and between which depressions the teeth of the comb are frictionally held, flats upon the comb teeth to assist in preventing the teeth from being withdrawn from the hair, an ornamental top portion and means for removably securing the same to the said rib, said means including a metal strip joined to the said top portion and folded back upon itself to form slightly resilient `lips which are adapted to embrace the said rib, depressions in said strip and corresponding depressions in the sides of the said rib.

2. A hair comb comprising, in combination, a channel forming rib, teeth and flats thereon, the sides of the channel formed by said rib being clamped down around the upper ends of said teeth so as to frictionally DAVID w. HiVELY.

hold said teeth in place and form recesses between certain of the teeth; an ornamental top portion having it sheet metal member secured thereto, said member being folded 5 back upon itself to form slightly resilient lips of substantially the same length as that Vitnesses: of said rib, and adapted to slidingly receive FRED P. GORIN,

H. RUPERT.

the said rib, inwardly extending indenta- Copies of this patent may be obtained for vfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Vlashington,v D. G. 

